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Beaumaris

Beaumaris is a town in east in . Beaumaris's shore borders the Menai Strait separating Anglesey from the British mainland. Its population is somewhere around 2000 people.
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  • Type: Town with 1,940 residents
  • Description: town in Anglesey, Wales
  • Also known as: “Baumaris” and “Biwmares”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beaumaris Castle and Beaumaris Gaol.

, in Beaumaris, , , was built as part of Edward I's campaign to conquer north Wales after 1282. Plans were probably first made to construct the castle in 1284, but this was delayed due to lack of funds and work only began in 1295 following the Madog ap Llywelyn uprising.

Museum
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is a disused gaol, or prison, located in Beaumaris, , Wales. Although no longer in use it remains largely unaltered and is now a museum open to visitors, with around 30,000 visiting each year.

Courthouse
Photo: Necrothesp, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llanddona and Llanfaes.

Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village on the heel of , north of Beaumaris. It has a long sandy beach and is a budget beach resort, with lots of nearby camping and caravan sites.

Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small village on the island of , Wales, located on the shore of the eastern entrance to the , the tidal waterway separating Anglesey from the coast.

Hamlet
is an area in the community of , , Wales, which is 130.4 miles from and 208.1 miles from . It was the location of Chapel.

Beaumaris

Latitude
53.263° or 53° 15′ 47″ north
Longitude
-4.0921° or 4° 5′ 31″ west
Population
1,940
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q7W75+55
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21107621
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2656073
Wiki­data ID
Q1992389
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Beaumaris” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Biwmares”
  • Basque: “Beaumaris”
  • Breton: “Beaumaris”
  • Breton: “Biwmares”
  • Breton: “Biwmaris”
  • Bulgarian: “Биумарис”
  • Catalan: “Biwmares”
  • Cebuano: “Beaumaris”
  • Chinese: “Beaumaris”
  • Chinese: “博马里斯”
  • Chinese: “波馬利斯”
  • Chinese: “波马利斯”
  • Cornish: “Biwmares”
  • Cornish: “Biwmaris”
  • Czech: “Beaumaris”
  • Danish: “Beaumaris”
  • Dutch: “Beaumaris”
  • Esperanto: “Beaumaris”
  • French: “Beaumaris”
  • Galician: “Beaumaris”
  • Galician: “Biwmares”
  • German: “Beaumaris”
  • Hebrew: “בומריס”
  • Indonesian: “Beaumaris”
  • Indonesian: “Biwmares”
  • Irish: “Biwmares”
  • Italian: “Beaumaris”
  • Japanese: “ウェールズ”
  • Japanese: “ビューマリス”
  • Latin: “Bellus Mariscus”
  • Latin: “Trescastellum”
  • Malagasy: “Beaumaris”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Beaumaris”
  • Persian: “بیومارس”
  • Polish: “Beaumaris”
  • Romanian: “Beaumaris”
  • Russian: “Бомарис, Англси”
  • Russian: “Бомарис”
  • Scots: “Beaumaris”
  • Scots: “Biwmares”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Biwmares”
  • Slovenian: “Beaumaris”
  • Spanish: “Beaumaris”
  • Swedish: “Beaumaris”
  • Swedish: “Biwmaris”
  • Turkish: “Beaumaris”
  • Vietnamese: “Beaumaris”
  • Welsh: “Beaumaris”
  • Welsh: “Biwmares”
  • Welsh: “Biwmaris”
  • Welsh: “Trecastell”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Beaumaris”. Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.